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1. Read the SSR => http://pool9.net/ssr/ You can't use it exactly, now. But it will give you a LOT of relevant info.

2. Test strips = guess-strips, especially with respect to CYA.

3. Get a cheap OTO / phenol red drops test kit and (6) gallons of PLAIN 8% store brand (Walmart?) bleach. Add 1 gallon per 10K gallons of water in your pool. Add it late in the evening.

4. Test in the morning early. You SHOULD get a DARK yellow (off-scale) result. If so, your pool water is in fairly good shape. If not, you need to keep adding bleach EACH evening until you DO have a HIGH early AM reading.

5. Test that evening. If it was DARK yellow in the AM but light yellow or clear in the PM . . . your actual CYA level is near 0. Get a real testkit => http://pool9.net/tk/

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